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Shivraj Singh thanks PM Narendra Modi for key decisions taken for farmers’ welfare Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for important measures taken by the Union government for farmers' welfare.  In a post on X, the agriculture minister said, “The Modi government, committed to the progress of farmers, has reduced the export duty on onion from 40 per cent to 20 per cent. Due to reduction in export duty, onion producing farmers will get good prices for their produce and onion export will also incre...
Shivraj Singh thanks PM Narendra Modi for key decisions taken for farmers’ welfare
Shivraj Singh thanks PM Narendra Modi for key decisions taken for farmers’ welfare
Source: IANS
2024-09-14 02:00:27 pm
10 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha to get sanction letters About 10 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) living in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha, and other states will get their sanction letters as well as the first installment under the rural housing scheme of the government next week, Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.  Chouhan informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute the sanction letters and transfer the first installment of PMAY-G at a national-level event in O...
10 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha to get sanction letters
10 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha to get sanction letters
Source: IANS
2024-09-14 11:52:00 am
Trade in farm goods on e-NAM surpasses Rs 23,500 cr in first 4 months of 2024-25  The trade turnover on the government’s electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) has increased by 13 per cent to surpass the Rs 23,500 crore mark in the first four months (April-July) of the current financial year with more states coming on board the pan-India digital wholesale platform, a senior official confirmed.  The volume of trade in agricultural goods on the e-NAM platform has more than doubled from Rs 34,940 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 78,424 crore in 2023-24, acco...
Trade in farm goods on e-NAM surpasses Rs 23,500 cr in first 4 months of 2024-25
Trade in farm goods on e-NAM surpasses Rs 23,500 cr in first 4 months of 2024-25
Source: IANS
2024-08-09 12:50:19 pm
6.87 lakh women farmers registered for benefits under Centre's FPO scheme As part of the Centre's campaign to empower women in rural areas, 810 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) have been registered with 100 per cent women members, while out of the overall registration of 19,82,835, farmers in FPOs, as many as 6,86,665 are women farmers, according to the information tabled in Parliament on Friday. Members of FPOs are eligible for support for end-to-end services covering almost all aspects of cultivation from inputs, technical services to processing and ma...
6.87 lakh women farmers registered for benefits under Centre's FPO scheme
6.87 lakh women farmers registered for benefits under Centre's FPO scheme
Source: IANS
2024-07-27 10:04:14 am
Union Agriculture Minister to release 40 new technologies at key ICAR event on July 16 Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the 96th Indian Council of Agricultural Research Foundation and Technology Day here on July 16 at which as many as 40 selected new technologies will be released to encourage innovations in agriculture and the developer's efforts will be recognised.   Novel technologies developed by the different ICAR institutes will be showcased in the exhibition for the benefit of the stakeholders to increase ...
Union Agriculture Minister to release 40 new technologies at key ICAR event on July 16
Union Agriculture Minister to release 40 new technologies at key ICAR event on July 16
Source: IANS
2024-07-16 09:45:37 am
Union Agriculture Minister calls for concerted efforts to hike production of pulses Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday reviewed the progress in the sowing of the country’s kharif crops and directed officials to step up efforts to enhance the production of pulses.   As part of the goal to achieve self-sufficiency in pulse production, the minister reiterated that the Centre is committed to 100 per cent procurement for Urad, Arhar and Masur in all the states and called for generating awareness on the issue so that ...
Union Agriculture Minister calls for concerted efforts to hike production of pulses
Union Agriculture Minister calls for concerted efforts to hike production of pulses
Source: IANS
2024-07-12 10:08:32 am
3 crore Lakhpati Didis must be created before 3-year deadline: Chouhan to officials Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Thursday, told officials to work towards achieving the target of creating three crore Lakhpati Didis in villages ahead of the three-year deadline as part of a stepped-up action plan.   The Minister directed senior officials to take strong steps to strengthen women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) in rural areas. Chouhan, who is also the Agriculture Minister, said that he will soon hold a meeting with Rural Development Min...
3 crore Lakhpati Didis must be created before 3-year deadline: Chouhan to officials
3 crore Lakhpati Didis must be created before 3-year deadline: Chouhan to officials
Source: IANS
2024-06-13 05:43:00 pm